Fishery Notice

North Coast Herring Update
Area 5 - Kitkatla

March 20, 2019 (21:00 hours): 
In the afternoon, sounding continued on the East side of Gurd Island, then up 
Porcher Peninsula in the early evening and into the night.  Spawn continues at 
Dries Inlet.

March 21, 2019 (10:45 hours):
Sounding continued at the Top of Gurd this morning and along Porcher Peninsula. 
More fish are appearing in these areas.  A test set was made on 100t at Porcher 
Peninsula.  75t caught in the set.  Sounding continues today on West side of 
Gurd Island up to top end and to Dries Inlet to assess spawning activities.

Observations:
Porcher Peninsula - March 20: 75 t.
Porcher Peninsula - March 21: 650t-850t
Gravel Pit - March 20: NFF
Gravel Pit - March 21: Numerous scratch schools
Gurd Island East - March 19: Scratches 
Gurd Island West - March 16: Scratches 
Gurd Island West - March 17: NFF 
Gurd Island South - March 17: NFF 
Gurd Point - March 20: Numerous scratches 
Gurd Point - March 20(pm): NFF
Top of Gurd - March 20: Numerous scratches 
Top of Gurd - March 21: NFF
Absalon Island - March 21: NFF 
Coquitlam Island - March 20: NFF  
Coquitlam Island - March 21: FOB
Freeman Passage - March 19: 150 t. plus numerous scratch schools towards Nubble 
Point 
Snass Point - March 20: 125 t.
Winter Rock - March 20: 20-25 t.
Dries Inlet - March 20: 1000 t.
Serpentine Inlet  March 19: NFF  
Kitkatla Creek - March 19: 800-1000 t.
Kitkatla Creek - March 20: Scratches
Wilcox Group - March 20: 400t-500t
Wilcox Group - March 20(pm): NFF
Cessford Island - March 20: 50 t.

Test Sets:
Kitkatla Creek - March 16: 2500 t; 11%; 195mm; 62:53; 50-1-2; 0-0; 
(21.87g:86.11)
Kitkatla Creek - March 17: 2500-3000t; 11%; 20.1cm; 56:60; 54-3-3; 0-0; 
(20.29g:85.92g)
Top Gurd - March 18; 12.1%; 202mm; 58:59; 56-2-1; 0-0; (21.76g:85.42g)
Dries Inlet - March 20: 1000t; 9.7%; 198m;73:62; 51:6:4; 0-0; (18.88g:73.86g)
Porcher Penninsula - March 21: 650t-850t; 12.0%; 193mm; 59:68; 63-2-2; 0-0; 
(18.87g:78.89g)    

Total measured stocks in Area 5 to date: 4500-5000 t.

The next notice will be March 22.  

Definitions:
Scratches - Herring present in small schools 1 to 2 tons
Skimmer - Herring spread out near the surface, difficult to quantify
Fish on bottom (FOB) - Herring too close to the bottom to quantify
NFF - No Fish Found
Washed out spawn - Spawn that is coming to an end
Miles - Means nautical miles for this bulletin

ROE TEST CODE: Date;Location;roe yield;fish size;males:females;#1-#2-#3-
#spawned-#juvenile;(roe weight g:fish weight g)

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Jessica Ottley 250-627-3007

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0259
Sent March 21, 2019 at 1408

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